Assessing Health Literacy in Children and Adolescents: Measuring the Meaning and the Meaning of the Measures

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Abstract

This presentation will discuss the development of an additional tool to measure health literacy in school aged populations. The Health Literacy Assessment for Children and Adolescents (HELACA) was created to measure health literacy that is more developmentally appropriate to the specific health risk behaviors of youth, as well as sources of information that school aged populations use in order to obtain their health information. The author will share the tool with participants and share early results to establish validity and reliability.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Oct 1 2012
EventAmerican School Health Association Annual Conference (ASHA) -
Duration: Oct 7 2015 → …

Conference

ConferenceAmerican School Health Association Annual Conference (ASHA)
Period10/7/15 → …

Keywords

  • Adolescence
  • HELACA
  • Health Literacy Assessment for Children and Adolescents
  • Health literacy

DC Disciplines

  • Community Health
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Public Health Education and Promotion

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